The Daily Zeitgeist - Simply the Trends... 4/1: Elliot Stabler, MLB, Biden, Godzilla v Kong

Episode Date: April 1, 2021

On this edition of Simply the Trends... Miles and Joelle discuss Elliot Stabler returning to Law and Order, the MLB's opening day, Dr. Biden vs. Melania, and an incipient 'Godzilla vs. Kong' meme. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, I am Lacey Lamar. And I'm also Lacey Lamar. Just kidding. I'm Amber Reffin. Okay, everybody, we have exciting news to share. We're back with season two of the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network. This season, we make new friends, deep dive into my steamy DMs, answer your listener questions,

and more. The more is punch each other. Listen to the Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen, okay? Or Lacey gets it. Do it. How do you feel about this, kids? Hi, I'm Akilah Hughes, and I'm so excited about my new podcast, Rebel Spirit, where I head back to my hometown in Kentucky and try to convince my high school to change their racist mascot, the Rebels, into something everyone in the South loves, the Biscuits.

I was a lady rebel. Like, what does that even mean? It's right here in black and white in print. It's bigger than a flag or mascot. Listen to Rebel Spirit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Señora Sex Ed is not your mommy's sex talk. This show is la plática like you've never heard it before. We're breaking the stigma and silence around sex and sexuality in Latinx communities. This podcast is an intergenerational conversation between Latinas from Gen X to Gen Z.

We're your hosts, Diosa and Mala. You might recognize us from our first show, Locatora Radio. Listen to Señora Sex Ed on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get

your podcasts. I'm Dr. Laurie Santos, host of the Happiness Lab podcast. As the U.S. elections approach, it can feel like we're angrier and more divided than ever. But in a new, hopeful season of my podcast, I'll share what the science really shows.

That we're surprisingly more united than most people think. We all know something is wrong in our culture, in our politics, and that we need to do better and that we can do better. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this edition of Simply the Trends. Better than all the rest. And that's just some shit I came up with off top because I didn't have time to skim the Discord. So shout out to me. I'm Miles.

That's beautiful. That's Joelle. Hey. you already know what time it is we're gonna do that at what is trending pon god's internet right now um what's the first one we got here oh my god hashtag stabler returns if you're an svu fan you know elliot stabler he's the king he likes to punch pedos in the face. Okay, he's got the ass of Thanos. He's played by Christopher Maloney, and he's returning to Law & Order SVU tonight at 8 p.m. I think it's like maybe a one-time only thing,

maybe a double appearance. Isn't it like with Organized Crime or something? Yeah, yeah, so he's coming. He's got his own spinoff coming. It's called Organized Crime. It's the best Christopher Maloney vehicle ever because he is just going after New York mobsters. I love a New York accent. I love a oh, whoa, all of it. I keep really looking forward to the chemistry between these two leads.

The fan base is y'all probably if you know anything about me you know i'm obsessed with fandom i just love fans i think they're great even if i'm not a part of the thing they like are geeked out over you love to see people having joy you know what i mean that's what it is unless it becomes toxic yeah yeah there is a tipping point there there is a downside but man watching this fan like this if you go to the Stabler Returns hashtag on Twitter, the fans are lighting it up. They've been counting down the days. I've seen a lot of journal entries of like Stabler's home.

Listen, y'all have fun tonight. Live your best dreams all your life. I'm going to just be watching from the sidelines rooting y'all on. Yeah, I just know, you know, for me, he's just, he'll always be Gene from Wet Hot American Summer. And I can't unsee that. And not that I don't I mean, I'm not really a big Law and Order fan, but I remember when I connected, I was like, wait, that's Gene. What? He is funny.

And he's like that stick. Oh, my gosh. Cream from Wet Hot American Summer. He's going to go fondle his sweaters. He's making fondue with cheddar. Yeah, well, great. I love it. Because it's funny,

the only reason I knew that is because I was being bombarded. Is Mariska Hargitay the other person in it? Yeah. Yeah, so I remember just seeing their two faces and it was like, okay. Without knowing, I knew what time it was. The sexual tension is brewing.

All of my... Oh, they have tension? Mariska Hargitay andKrishnamoorn? On the show, there's some chemistry. It's also a little bit of a fan wish. There's a lot of people that ship this couple. Their archive of our own page is apparently lighting up. I haven't checked it out.

But again, kudos to all the fans just enjoying this reunion. I'm so happy for you guys. Hey, Zygang, if you're with it, let me know. What do I need to see to get on the Maloney train? Because right now I'm on the Gene train when it comes to him, or the Stabler train. Next up, baseball. You got Miggy, Ziggy, Jiggy, Poppy.

All these nicknames are trending on Twitter. I'm like, what the fuck? It's opening day. It's opening day. Yeah, people are are real excited i was going through trends it's like oh this is a lot of baseball which i don't know jack about i played two seasons of softball in middle school it was okay yeah are you uh a regional baseball fan of any of your chicago teams no i lived i lived i could not that i would not that i would but i could spit on wrigley field for my first apartment in chicago oh so could you see games for free like was it that kind of apartment much more interesting was when people came to play the stadium like elton john was doing

his final tour while i was living there so we would sit on my back patio and listen to the concerts oh my god yeah it was i always wonder about like because you always see those things like whether any sport there's always like a apartment or something you're like they're getting this shit for free and i'm always wondering like what that is like because whenever i'm near like the hollywood bowl i'm like i wonder what the people who live on the other side of the hill like how angry they get about the concert or yeah really you can't see into it because they've built risers on tops of things and even some of the apartments surrounding it have like little risers on the top. So people can watch the game from like a VIP section across the street, I guess.

But you could hear crystal clear. So if you wanted to just listen to the game, you could. But we listened to a lot of the concerts. It was fun. Yeah, that's blessed. What a coincidence. What a blessed coincidence. Next thing that's trending is Melania. Damn. That's blessed. What a coincidence. What a blessed coincidence. Next thing that's trending is Melania.

Okay. As if I thought I had escaped the grips of this monster. I thought that was, you know, she was going into retirement. And, you know, at first, many people were like, you know, maybe, you know, think about her. You don't know what she's going through. I'm like, nah, at this point, you're like, you know, you knew what it was when you signed up. So, Melania is trending because the

conservatives, you know, they will fucking eat up any little crumb that they can use to try and reform into some kind of slam dunk on a Democrat. And in this version, and look, I'm not gonna lie jill my girl dr joe biden could have done could have finessed the espanol slightly better yeah but it's nothing

it's nothing and i'll play it for you right now so say it with me the future is ours okay okay. Okay, listen, I know you didn't grow up with the classic Disney Channel movie, Starting America, Ferreira, where they really clearly tell you how to pronounce y se puede. But, you know, you gave it a shot. Yeah. You're trying.

I think all Spanish-speaking people should be allowed to roast you for a day. You know, a full 24 hours. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But just for the pronunciation. Yeah, yeah, yeah. it's all good you're loud because i'm laughing you're laughing yeah yeah yeah yeah look let's not get it fucked up because every this is the thing now conservatives like well you know melania is fluent in uh slovenian french german italian and english okay well that's not spanish okay well her husband put children in cages so and also she's a race she's a fucking birther too like get the yeah what do you want me to have no time for that we don't have anything

to talk about uh dr jill biden is a distinguished educator so you can give her a little leeway there because for the most part she's trying to give back rather than wear coats i said i don't give a fuck with these kids in cages do you really motherfucker anyway let me get on this plane so but she saved podway and she tried so hard jill i know you tried and you were talking i saw the the i think you had the united farm workers logo behind you and people were like oh it looks like a look could be a nazi thing i'm like please find a nazi thing go to bed. Take a rest. Okay? Pick up a book. So let's try some different things and what are you doing?

Yeah. It's okay, Jill. This will be out of the news cycle 24 hours. Yeah, trust me, because we truly have more things to talk about. Trust me. Elia Stabler's returning tonight, Mom, so you're good. Okay, that ass is back on TV. Let's go. You got the big eeks, though?

Is that the deal? Yes. Okay. There's a lot of Twitter memes and such going around highlighting Christopher Maloney's boosted posterior. It's up there. It's lifted. Okay.

You could say Cardi B's up is about Christopher Maloney's ass. I mean, you wouldn't be wrong. Oh. Yeah. Right. Well, bounce't be wrong. Oh. Yeah. Right. Well, bounce a quarter off that thing. Holy shit. It's toned.

Like that. Like that old handfuls. Good for him. Not skipping leg day. No, I mean, not like me sitting down for days on end as my gluteus minimus and maximus just drivel and turn to rotting vines oh there's one of him with these white cutoff shorts wow okay chris yeah he's working it he's doing them he's working that kettlebell uh and then finally this picture that you brought up

this is i'm gonna tell you i'm gonna reveal something to you but why don't you tell me what this picture because you put this in the doc reveal something to you, but why don't you tell me what this picture, because you put this in the doc, you said this is trending. Listen, I don't know what it is, but it fills my heart with light and joy. I know for a fact,

this is from the King Kong versus Godzilla movie that just dropped on HBO Max. It's circulating Twitter. There's Millie Bobby Brown talking to the guy that plays her dad. I believe her dad is saying the words. It's a picture of a TV screen and there's millie bobby brown talking to the guy that plays her dad i believe her dad is saying the words it's a picture of a tv screen and there's captions so y'all i'm really going in the dark here but it says this podcast is filling your head with garbage and i just want to give y'all the jump on this clear meme that's about to happen okay uh be ready to swamp not just

tdd's pages but every podcast page with this image it is a daughter she is distraught leaning forward clearly having just told her father off and here comes her dad being like you're listening to these podcasts and you don't know what you're talking about and filling your head with garbage it brings me just joy and light and i'm gonna use it don't know how yet but it's fine okay now I want to reveal something. Yeah. My podcast host, Sophia Alexandra, who I do the other show 420 Day Fiance with, her husband, Max Borenstein, wrote this film. So I took this as a personal attack on our podcast, 420 Day Fiance.

So I'm going to take that as disrespect. So when I see you, Max max it's ugly my man that's amazing i could do a whole podcast on just this line of dialogue what happened how annoyed were you with your wife when he wrote this exactly i asked her she hadn't seen it i just after you put it in the doc i sent it to her immediately because i knew what it was because max wrote like all the other kong and he's Skull Island and other Godzilla films. And I was like, what the fuck is this? Just kind of joking. She's like, what?

And the thing didn't come in time. So she was kind of confused. Then the picture hit and she's like, oh, no. It's like, I'm going to ask him. I'm going to ask him what's going on. Has she not seen the movie? I think she may have or may have not. Or I don't know.

Maybe I think I just told her, I was like, this is going to be a meme, just so you know. And I will begin to tell people that this is about our show. Amazing. Amazing. That's the most LA shit ever. I'm glad that came full circle. That was beautiful. That was perfect.

And like a true egotistical person, I've made this about me. Yes. Ding, ding, ding, ding, I've made this about me. Yes! Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, you win. Yeah, so you know, guys, just send me $9.99 to take my classes, and it's called Centering Yourself, no matter what, the Miles Gray method. I love it.

All right. I love it. Well, yeah, that'll do it for today's trends. We're going to be back tomorrow with, ooh, a good episode tomorrow. Real, real good. I'm so excited. Real fun episode.

They're just getting better. Juicy. You know, to the point where... Every day. Real, real good. Real fun episode. They're just getting better. Juicy. You know, to the point where, look, you know, Jack, keep on your trip a little bit, man. Really recharge those batteries. You know what I mean? Because this might end up,

we might have F1 racing team politics entering this podcast pretty soon. Oh, I'm ready. I'm ready. Yeah, right. We're like, hey, I come with my own fans. You know, I have investors that will bring more money to the team.

Also, did you get to the. Huh? Which one? The big crash. Oh, no. I'm about to watch that episode from season three. We watched it this morning. And I was like, oh, yeah.

With Romain Grosjean going in there. Yeah. Brutal. Anyway, y'all. So super producer Anna Hosnier has us. She's fully spun us on f1 drive to survive on netflix i was like yo this show first of all i wasn't really fucking with racing in general uh but then f1 to me like i knew about it but i was not really understanding

it this show does a very good job of helping you understand like why it is so intense and it's not just cars going around around biting your nails to see who's gonna finish in sixth right that's a new level of sport love that i was unaware existed this guy's crying because he got fifth place he's so happy right the team is elated yeah he's getting promotions and advertisements off this fifth okay this is a sport unlike any other it is so cool there's so much craziness. When you decide to switch teams, you have to wait till the end of the year to actually switch teams.

And then be messy. There's like 15 people in the sport, 20, 20 people in the sport. So it's a hot mess. And everybody knows each other and they're stacked right on top of each other for each competition. This is great.

The drama. Exactly. I didn't think it would have it and it has it in just boat loads or car loads, if you will. Race car loads. If I will. And I will. The other thing about it, despite though it being the athletic manifestation

of malignant global capitalism, at least Black Man is its greatest driver. It offsets it. Shout out to you, Louis. And he's swaggy and he's been knighted. Yeah. Come on now. Give him a break. Listen. Okay. Well, tune in tomorrow. See, we got all you lewis and he's swaggy and he's been knighted so yeah come on now give him a break listen oh okay well tune in tomorrow see we got all derailed by the f1 talk but tune in tomorrow for another

great episode thank you joelle as usual for being here see you soon uh until until the good morrow we bid you adieu please stay safe out there wash your hands wear a mask get vaccinated if you can when you can uh and don't do nothing about white supremacy or discrimination. Just handle the shit. Speak out. Help somebody. Okay. We'll see you soon.

Bye. Bye. Hi, I am Lacey Lamar. And I'm also Lacey Lamar. Just kidding. I'm Amber Revin. What? Okay, everybody.

We have exciting news to share. We're back with season two of the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network. This season, we make new friends, deep dive into my steamy DMs, answer your listener questions, and more. The more is punch each other. more. The more is punch each other. Listen to the Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber show on Will Farrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen, okay? Or Lacey gets it. Do it. Señora Sex Ed is not your mommy's sex talk. This show is la plática like you've never heard it before. We're breaking the stigma and silence around sex and sexuality in Latinx

communities. This podcast is an intergenerational conversation between Latinas from Gen X to Gen Z. We're your hosts, Diosa and Mala. You might recognize us from our first show, Locatora Radio. Listen to Señora Sex Ed on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. How do you feel about biscuits? Hi, I'm Akilah Hughes, and I'm so excited about my new podcast, Rebel Spirit, where I head back to my hometown in Kentucky and try to convince my high school to change their racist mascot, the Rebels, into something everyone in the South loves, the biscuits. I was a lady rebel.

Like, what does that even mean? It's right here in black and white in print. It's bigger than a flag or mascot. Listen to Rebel Spirit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Dr. Laurie Santos, host of the Happiness Lab podcast. As the U.S. elections approach, it can feel like we're angrier and more divided than ever. But in a new, hopeful season of my podcast, I'll share what the science really shows. That we're surprisingly more united than most people think. We all know something is wrong in our culture, in our politics, and that we need to do better and that we can do better. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.